Gunshots in Arlington Heights neighborhood lead to arrest of 2 teens

March 24, 2012|Staff report

Paul Padlo (Sheriff's photo)

Two teenagers face felony charges after several people called police because shots were being fired in an Arlington Heights neighborhood and officers found the two had been shooting from inside a house, according to police.

Paul Padlo, 18, of the first block of North Rammer Avenue, and Andrew Kovacik, 19, also of Arlington Heights, were arrested at Padlo's home Friday and charged with reckless discharge of a firearm, according to a police report.

Officers went to the house about noon on Friday when several people called police because of shots being fired in the area, according to police. When officers arrived, they were allowed to enter the home and found a 30-caliber M1 rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun, police said.

Padlo and Kovacik had been firing shots from windows and doors in the home, according to the police report. They caused minor damage to the home, but did endanger neighbors, according to police. The report did not say what they were shooting at.

The two had been scheduled to appear in Rolling Meadows Branch Court for a bond hearing this morning, and records showed Padlo was being held at Cook County Jail this afternoon in lieu of $60,000 bail.

At the time of his arrest, Padlo was free on $75,000 bail in a 2011 case in which he was arrested July 24, 2011, by Arlington Heights police on charges of robbery and residential burglary, according to court records. He had been scheduled to appear in Rolling Meadows Court on April 13 for a possible plea hearing before Judge Kay Marie Hanlon.